Stretching device for clothes-lines



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' F. SGHWEIZER.

STRBTGHING DEVICE FOR CLOTHES LINES. No. 337,020. Patented Mar. 2, 1886.

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S TRETCHING DEVICE FOR CLOTH ES-LINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 337,020, dated March 2, 1836.

Application filed April E25, 1885. Serial No. 163,396.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, FERDINAND Scrrwnrznn, of Paterson,in the county of Passaicand State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stretching Devices for Glothes-Lines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a simple, cheap, and effective stretching device for clothes-lines; and it consists of a stretching device having a T-shaped head and a perforation for the passage of one end of the clothesline, which end is clamped bya hand-screw to the T-shaped head and passed through the looped opposite end of the clothes-line, so that the clothes-line can be readily stretched or loosened by simply clamping or releasing the stretching device.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a clothes-line with my improved stretching device. Figs. 2 and 3 are a side elevation and a vertical transverse section on line 00 m, Fig. 2, of the stretching device drawn on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a clothes-line, which is mounted in the usual manner on pulleys a a, that are attached to suitable points of support. The clothes-line is attached atone end to a stretching device, which is formed of a head, B, and ahandscrew, 0. The head B is provided with ahole, I), for the passage of the clothes-line, and a threaded hole, I), at right angles thereto for the screw. The end of the clothes-line to which the head B is applied is passed through (No model.)

the looped opposite end of the clothes-line A, and then rigidly clamped by the screw 0, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to be held securely in position. By loosening the screw Othe clothesline is released, so that it can readily be stretched taut or loosened, as required. The end of that part which has been passed through the stretching device B is provided with a knot, d, so that the line cannot get detached from the stretching device. When it isdesired to stretch the line taut for hanging up the clothes, the screw is released from theline and the latter drawn through the head B until the line is stretched tightly on the pulleys.

The screw 0 is then clamped tightly to the line again.

For releasing the line after use,the clamp is loosened and the end of the line allowed to pass through the T-shaped head up to the knot d, whereby it hangs loosely on the pulleys without being liable to be strained and broken by the contraction due to moisture.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinatiomwith a clothesline having a. loop at one end and a knot at the opposite end, of a stretching device consisting of a perforated head, through which the knotted end 'is passed, and a hand-screw for clamping or releasing said line, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FERDINAND SOHWEIZER.

IVitnesses:

J AKOB SUTER, THEoDoR SroHLER. 

